Posts

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-6 (The hundred dresses (part-2))( El Bsor Estar)

Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1)How did Maddie feel after listening to the note from Wanda’s father? Ans1) After listening to the note from Wanda’s father Maddie was deeply stirred. She was feeling guilty of becoming mute supporter of Peggie in teasing Wanda. She decided to write to peggy to stop making fun of Wanda anymore. Q2) What excuses does Peggy   think up for her behaviour? Why? Ans2) Peggy was much disturbed on listening letter of Wanda’s father. She was feeling bad. But she tried to pacify by thinking that she had never called her a foreigner and she had even not made fun of her name. She had only made fun of Wanda for her claim of having hundred dresses in her closet. She thought either Wanda was a liar or she was too dumb. Q3) What did Peggy and Maddie write in their letter to Wanda? Ans3) By writing a letter to Wanda Peggy and Maddie wanted to express their new feelings about her. They informed her that she had won the contest...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-5 (The hundred dresses (part-1))( El Bsor Estar)

Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1) Why did other girls see Wanda different from them? How did they treat her? Ans1) To other girls Wanda’s name was funny. It was different from the usual names in that area. Moreover Wanda lived on Boggins Heights and her clothes were not so clean. She was a laughing stock of other girls. They made fun of her hundred dresses. Q2) Who was peggy? Why and how did she make fun of Wanda? Ans2) Peggy was the most popular, pretty and rich girl in the school. Peggy made fun of Wanda because she always wore a faded blue dress. Peggy and her friend surrounded Wanda and asked her to tell how many dresses she had in her closet. Then they burst into laughter. Q3)  How can you estimate that Peggy was a soft girl? Ans3) Peggy was a soft girl. It was her habit to protect smaller children from bullies. On seeing an animal mistreated, she cried for hours together. She was cruel to Wanda only because she always claimed to have hun...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-4 (From the diary of Anne frank)( Anne frank)

Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1) Why did Anne keep a diary? Ans1) Anne had many ideas and views that she wanted to share. But she had no real friends. So she decided to keep a diary and tell all her secrets to it. Q2) Explain “teachers are the most unpredictable creatures”. Ans2) When result was about to be declared, Anne was thinking that there are so many dummies in the class that about a quarter of the class should be kept back. But she believed that no one can predict result as it depended on the moods of the teacher and teachers are the most unpredictable creatures. Q3) How did Anne justify her being a chatterbox in her first essay? Ans3) Anne tried to justify that talking is a student’s trait. She tried to control many times. But she failed because she had inherited this trait from her mother. She could do nothing about the inherited trait as her mother was more talkative than her. Q4) What was the last essay for Anne and write its result...

10th class -cbse english(NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-2 (NELSON Mandela: A LONG Walk To Freedom)(Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela)

Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1) What ideals does Mandela set out for the future of south Africa in his speech? Ans1) Nelson Mandela said we got political freedom but we should pledged to liberate all the people from poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discriminations. Q2)What is Mandela’s opinion regarding oppressor and oppressed? Ans2) In the eyes of Mandela both oppressor and oppressed are deprived of their humanity. Oppressor is a prisoner of hatred. And oppressed has no confidence in humanity. He is also in the similar manner. So, both needs to be liberated. Q3) Mandela had ‘hunger for freedom’. How did it change his life? Ans3) Mandela longed for freedom since his boyhood.  He desperately wanted freedom. But as a student he wished freedom only for himself. Gradually his hunger for freedom increased many fold. It became the greater hunger for the freedom of his people. This changed him and he joined the African National cong...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK -First Flight)(short answers) chapter-3 (Two Stories about Flying- the black aero plane)(Fredrick Forsyth)

Part-2 Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1) What did Frederick Forsyth think when he called Paris control? Ans1) When Frederick Forsyth called Paris control; he was confident and happy to be in time for his breakfast. He thought to enjoy a good English breakfast. Q2) Why did the writer decide to go back to Paris ? Ans2) As instructed b Paris control the writer turned his aero plane Dakota west towards England . Suddenly he saw the storm of cloud. They looked like black mountains. It was impossible to cross them. And he did not have enough fuel to fly around them. So he decided to go back to Paris . Q3) Who rescued the first pilot in Dakota and how? Ans3) When the writer’s aero plane Dakota was lost in the storm he saw another aero plane that came for his rescue. It had no light on its wings. Dakota followed the mysterious plane that guided him through the mountains of black clouds and took the writer safely across the clouds.  Q4) What pr...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-3 (Two Stories about Flying-His first flight)(Liam of Flaherty)

Part-1 Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1) How did the young seagull’s parents treat him initially when he did not fly? Ans1) Initially when the young seagull afraid to fly his parents called to him shrilly. They scolding him and threatened to let him starve. The whole family taunted him coward. Q2) What did young seagull do to attract his mother‘s attention? Ans2) Young seagull was alone as his whole family had flown away. He was hungry and tried to attract the attention of his mother. He stood on the brink of the ledge, on one leg with other leg hidden under his wing. He closed one eye and pretended to be falling asleep. Q3) What trick did the young seagull’s mother play to make him fly from his ledge? Ans3) The young seagull’s mother was much worried about the young seagull who could not mustered courage to fly along with his broth and sister.  She played a trick to overcome this problem. She tore a piece of fish and fly towards young seagull...

10th class-cbse english (NCERT BOOK-First Flight)(short answers) chapter-1 (A letter to God)(G. L. Fuentes)

Answer following questions in about 40 words. Q1) How did Lencho express his happiness when rains come and how did he explained the raindrops? Why did his happiness turned into sorrow? A ns1) Lencho field were ready with corn crop. He was waiting for the rain. When the rain came he became very happy. He explained these rain drops as coins. But his happiness turned into sorrow, when the large hailstones started to fall. All of his crop destroyed. Q2) How did hailstones affect Lencho‘s life? Ans1) Lencho, a simple farmer, grew corn in his field and he wanted only a downpour. Rain came. He was very happy. But his happiness was short lived. Rain turned into hailstones. Not a leaf remained on the field. The crop was totally destroyed. There was nobody to help him. His life filled with sorrow. Q3) What kind of a person was the postmaster? What did the postmaster do so as not to shake Lencho’s faith in god? Ans3) The postmaster was a very kind and fun-loving man. He was ...

Index - 10th class

10 th  (Footprints without feet) Chapter-1 (A Triumph of surgery) (James Herriot)        Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-2 (The thief’s story) (Ruskin Bond)        Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-3 (The midnight visitor) (Robert Arthur)       Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-4 (A question of trust)        Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-5 (Footprints without feet) (H. G. Wells)         Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-6 (The making of scientist) (Robert W. Peterson)        Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-7 (The Necklace) (Guy De Maupassant)        Short Answers       Long Answers Chapter-8 (The hack driver) (Sinclair Lewis)     ...

Index - 9th class

9 th  (Moments) Chapter-1 (the lost child)(Mulk Raj Anand) short answers long answers Chapter-2 (The Adventures of Toto) (Ruskin Bond) short answers long answers Chapter-3 (Iswaran the storyteller) (R. K. Laxman) short answers long answers Chapter-4 (In the kingdom of fools) (Kannada Folktalt (ed)A. K. Ramanuja) short answers long answers Chapter-5 (The Happy prince) (Oscar Wilde) short answers long answers Chapter-6 (Weathering the storm in Erasma) (Harsh Mander) short answers long answers Chapter-7 (The last leaf) (O. Henry) short answers long answers Chapter-8 (A house is not a home) (Zan Gaudioso) short answers long answers Chapter-9 (The Accidental Tourist) (Bill Bryson) short answers long answers Chapter-10 (The beggar) (Anton Chekhov) short answers long answers 9 th class (Beehive) Chapter-1 (The fun they had) (Issac Asimov) short answers long answers Chapter-2(The sound of music)(Deborah...

Index - 8th class

8 th  class (It is so happen) Chapter-1 (How the camel got his hump) (Leo Tolstoy) Chapter-2 (Children at work) Chapter-3 (The selfish giant) (Oscar Wilde)  Chapter-4 (The treasure within) Chapter-5 (Princess September) ( Somerset  Maugham)   Chapter-6 (The fight) (Ruskin Bond) Chapter-7 (The open window) (Saki (H. M. Munro)) Chapter-8 (Jalebis) (Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi) Chapter-9 (The Comet – I) (Jayant Narlikar) Chapter-10 (The Comet – II) (Jayant Narlikar) Chapter - 11 (Ancient Education System of India) 8 th class (honey dew) Chapter-1 (The best Christmas present in the world) (MichaelMorpurogo) Chapter-2 (The Tsunami) Chapter-3 (Glimpses of the past) (S. D. Sawant) Chapter-4 (Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of memory) (Satyajit Roy) Chapter-5 (The summit Within) (H . P. S. Ahluwalia) Chapter-6 (The is Jody’s fawn) (Morjorie Kinnan Rawlings)     Chapter-7 (A visit to Cambridge)(Fird...